Is life a vision–
A dream of our creation
Like a childs game
Lived in a homemade costume
Pulled from our minds own toy box
I really don’t know
Would it be so terrible
Living a charade
So long as it makes us happy
During this finite voyage
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~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
My predicament
Funny unless you live it
Then it is just sad
Be cautious with ridicule
As it just might bite you back
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Toil of the day
Drains every ounce of my strength
Cover me with dirt
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~~Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Curmudgeonly, that is me I fear
I swore I would not become my parents loud and clear
I would not criticize the music I hear
Clothes, the hair, nor all they hold dear
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But I lied or failed does it really matter much
I don’t understand rap, hip hop, electronic dance and such
Pants low with boxers high held up by belt buckle clutch
Publicly grabbing crotch with not the gentlest of touch
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More critical of the guys than the girls I have found
Cars with whiny mufflers, where’s the glass-pack rumbling sound
Trucks that can’t pick-up cause they’re lowered to the ground
I guess its finally happened what goes around comes around
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I’m trying my best to break out of this mold
Being more accepting as I so adamantly told
Judging by appearance is a form of profiling bold
Isn’t it bizarre how we transform as we grow old
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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AUTHOR’S NOTE: These are just a few observations about myself that honestly, I find embarrassing since I promised myself from an early age that I would not succumb to this type of thinking, but to one degree or another I have. I am working hard to change my mindset so we will have to see where that goes, but I’m sure that at least some of you can relate.
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In utter sadness
I drown among presumed friends
Only to be shocked
When their masks have been cast off
And their true colors revealed
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Venture into this world with a free and open mind
Let not negativity toward spirit corrupt
As the old saying goes “Seek and ye shall find”
Push onward and never give up
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This world–an oyster–is yours to discover
The wonders and mysteries await
Secrets yet unknown are yours to uncover
As curiosity and passion conflate
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Do not ever doubt your pureness of heart
Or your ability to achieve in this world
There is so much ahead before time to depart
Let this tapestry of life be unfurled
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If ever you feel that you’re mired and afraid
Know I’m here, through your successes I’m repaid
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Love comes with wrath of thorn
When hearts betrayed the beautiful rose
Comfort breeds the birth of scorn
Passion cools, its numbness shows
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O’ fair, my fairest bloom
Fear not that my love has waned
All is not lost nor cloaked in gloom
Seeing you troubled has caused me pain
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I promise dear love to right my way
Intent not given with thought of malice
Blind to signs of that which holds sway
To raise you back up to throne and palace
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Time hath made loves flames grow tepid
I vow to weave our hearts beat threaded
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Sweet revenge corrupts
Polluting body and soul
Leaving you hollow
Inconsolable regret
Will become your lifelong friend
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Will work for food, the sign they show
Please help a vet down on his luck
Diverting their eyes the passersby go
Life on the street a vicious cycle they’re stuck
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Hey there mister can you spare a dime
Or maybe a buck to try to get home
Would it be possible to give me some time
We’re so tired of being in the cold all alone
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We could be your sisters and your brothers
We used to have jobs, families and homes
We could be your fathers and your mothers
Hungry and weary, nothing but skin and bones
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Obligated as humans should we be one to another
Practicing what we preach by seeing to the needs of the other
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~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
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